Discover Rutherford: Patriot's descendant restores family cemetery

Dedication ceremonies for historic site slated in May

11:42 PM,
Apr. 28, 2013

David Miles Vaughn, left, and Frank Schafer, dressed in Revolutionary War-era clothing, walk through the Kelton Cemetery. Vaughn is a descendant of Revolutionary War patriot William Kelton and his wife, Elizabeth, who are buried in this once-lost cemetery.

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Samantha E. Donaldson
The Daily News Journal

If you are not exactly sure where to find it, you probably would pass the Kelton Cemetery without a second glance.

Once overgrown with brush and ground cover, the plot is the final resting place of an American Revolutionary War patriot and his family.

"I began doing some research of my family history," says David Miles Vaughn, who upon learning of his heritage, became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. "I learned that my anscestor was William Kelton, and that he had been buried in Murfreesboro, Tenn." ...